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The origins of the name Klondike are unknown; a handful of authors have speculated the name derives from the late 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, but no material evidence substantiates such a claim. [9] [10] The earliest rules for the game known as Klondike today appear in the 1907 edition of Hoyle's Games under the name "Seven-Card Klondike".
Solitaire is a computer game included with Microsoft Windows, based on a card game of the same name, also known as Klondike. Its original version was programmed by Wes Cherry, and the cards were designed by Susan Kare .
Solitaire (game), American name for a genre of single-player card games known as "patience" elsewhere Klondike (solitaire), a card game, also known as solitaire in North America; Mahjong solitaire, a tile game; Microsoft Solitaire, a computer game; Peg solitaire, a board game called "solitaire" outside of the U.S.
This is a list of patiences, which are card games that are also referred to as solitaires or as card solitaire. This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but only includes games that have met the usual Wikipedia requirements (e.g. notability). Additions should only be made if there is an existing entry on Wikipedia that they can be linked to.
Klondike, Yukon, a region in the Yukon; Klondike (electoral district), a district of the Legislative Assembly of Yukon; Klondike Highway, connecting Skagway, Alaska to Dawson City, Yukon; Klondike River, the landmark after which is named: Klondike Gold Rush, a historical migration to this part of the Yukon; Klondike Gold Rush National ...
Double Solitaire is a two-player variant on the best-known patience or solitaire card game called Klondike. [1] While it is mostly referred to as Double Solitaire, [2] it is sometimes called Double Klondike (a name which also doubles as an alternate designation of the single-player solitaire game Gargantua).
A card is face down when its picture or pip side is hidden. [9] face up A card is face up when its picture or pip side is uppermost. [9] family, families Cards built in sequence upon the foundation cards. [4] fan A few cards, usually three, laid in an overlapping, crescent-shaped row such that only one is exposed and available. [2] fanned
These cards form a reserve called the "demon", the top card of which is available for play. The next card is dealt on the first of a row of four foundations to the right of the reserve. This card is the first foundation card or base card ; the remaining three (currently empty) foundations must be started with a card of the same rank as the ...